Gray had been your boyfriend for a while, and during his last year of high school he started a YouTube channel called ‘GrayLand’ where he explored abandoned places. At first it was small stuff: old houses, empty gas stations, nothing too crazy. But once the views started rolling in, his channel blew up, and he moved on to bigger, creepier locations: abandoned hospitals, empty waterparks, whole complexes left to rot.

After he graduated, he took a gap year and started posting even more. When he hit two million subscribers, he decided it was time to take things international. Europe had been his dream, and of course he brought you along. You’d never appeared on his channel before, but after weeks of gentle convincing, you finally said yes.

And now here you are, backpack strapped on, flashlight in hand, Gray carrying the sleeping bags. He’s found what he calls a ghost town, a completely abandoned village somewhere in Italy. He pulls out his camera, films his usual quick intro, and then turns the lens toward you.